Interstate Feedlot
Malta, Idaho
Payroll: $2M+
Livestock Payments: $100M+
Payroll Taxes: $150,000+
Area Unemployment: 3.0%
Utilities: $500,000+
The Interstate Feedlot, a 54,500-head feedyard completed in 1969, is located near the small town of Malta, Idaho. Located in the beautiful Raft River Valley, settlers in the Malta area in the early 1880s said it seemed like an island in a wide expanse of sea, so they named it after the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. Today, Malta boasts a population of 200 people. Five Rivers Interstate Feedlot is a proud member of the Malta, Burley and Cassia County Idaho community.
The historic Oregon Trail runs very near the Malta feedyard and one can see the narrow gullies and remnants of the shallow trail pioneers traveled as they made their way across this wide open desert area of Idaho. The Oregon Trail was traveled by wagons pulled with horses, mules and oxen. There were approximately 250,000 wagon trains that passed through the area and “folks” who lost their lives during the journey were often buried along the trail, underneath the ruts or covered in mounds with huge lava rock to prevent coyotes and other predators from disturbing the graves.
Interstate was built by EA Miller and has carried the names of ConAgra Cattle Feeding Company, MF Cattle Feeding and Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding
Address
1710 S 2450 E
Malta, ID 83342
833.450.1889
General Manager
Tres Tuttle
208.572.5064
Tres.Tuttle@5RCattle.com
Team Members
38
Cattle Capacity
54,500 head
Feedlot Space
Feedyard area: 160 acres
Irrigated/Dryland: 1,260 acres
Geographical Purchasing Region
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Nevada
Grain Storage/Bushel
250,000 bushels
Moisture
Average Precipitation: 8.72 inches
Average Snowfall: 12 inches
General Manager
Tres is originally from New Mexico graduating from New Mexico State with a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Business and Agricultural Economics. Post graduation, he started as a Management Trainee with Cimarron Feeders. During this time he worked in all four departments, honing in his technical and leadership acumen. In 2009, Tres took over the reins of the Cimarron Feed Team before heading north to Yuma, Colorado in 2015 to lead the teams in both the Yard and Cattle Departments. In 2017, he moved back south to fill the Assistant General Manager position at Hartley Feeders. In March of 2022, Tres made a lateral transfer back to Cimarron Feeders. Tres and his wife and two kids enjoy being in the outdoors whether its hunting, fishing, camping. They are also very involved in their local church.